Gondwana: Western geographers use this terminology to refer to the supercontinental ensemble of South America, Africa, Arabia, India, Antarctica, and Australia. Many television shows reduce Gondwana to the only island of Madagascar, for intellectual laziness.

According to these scientists, Gondwana formed a single base in the primary era, 25 million years ago. Madagascar separated from it and became the oldest island on the planet. Thanks to this isolation, plants and animals evolved by creating endemic species.